RARE !!! ISLAMIC - AE DIRHEMS - ARTUQUIDS of MARDIN - DEATH of SALADIN - 1193
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ANCIENT NUMISMATIC COINS THIS IS A RARE !!!!! ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin) . Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan. AH 580-597 / AD 1184-1200. Æ Dirhem (31mm, 13.95 g, 3h). Dated AH 589 (AD 1193). Three standing figures around central seated figure / Legend within in circle, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir; titles of Arslan and date in marginal legend. S&S Type 35.2; Album 1829.3. Near VF, black patina with earthen highlights. The obverse design has long been interpreted as a scene of mourning over the death of Saladin. Spengler and Sayles have argued that it represents Virgo surrounded by planets, and relates to an astronomical event of AD 1186 that was thought to portend calamitous events (corroborated by the death of Saladin in 589). . . ANCIENT NUMISMATIC COINS ( ANC ) GUARANTEES ALL COINS TO BE 100% AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE AND OFFER A LIFE TIME GUARANTEE . IF ANY COIN IS FOUND TO BE NON AUTHENTIC WE WILL OFCOURSE OFFER A FULL REFUND UPON THE RETURN OF THE COIN IN QUESTION . SO PLEASE FROM BUYING FROM A PROFFESIONAL . ANC ANCIENT NUMISMATIC COINS WILL BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY ANY MISSING COIN OR COINS IN YOUR WANT LIST IF WE HAVE IT IN OUR LARGE STOCK OF MATERIAL , SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE US WITH YOUR WANT LIST . PLEASE NOTE BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE MEDAL SHOULD BE POSTED
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